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Dear All, Feb 22, 2008
For about 25 years I have hauled warm-weather wood last and piled it
over a mixed bed of Vinca, Crocus and Snowdrops. These tiers are used or
moved by mid-March. This has subdued the otherwise overwhelming Vinca
and given the Crocus and Snowdrop room to expand.
But this year is going to be very different I think. The soil under
these tiers is entirely rooted up with runners sunken and soil/debris
piled between tiers. Today, while hauling in more wood, I uncovered a
cache of 7 Crocus corms, carefully stripped of outer husk, with the
shoot chewed back and piled root end up in a red squirrel (?) pantry.
I suspect Squirrel because we have 2 in the yard, rarely seen since
cold weather arrived, and the associated ~2 Litre nest had long slim
fleas that resembles some that came in with roadkill. So tentatively,
our Squirrels have developed a taste for Crocus corms.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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